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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 HP Beach Open
August 23 - 28, 2011

(21) Ekaterina Birlova/Evgenia Ukolova, Russia

Ekaterina Khomyakova Birlova
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 11, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bryansk

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

106

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$252,284.25

Evgenia Ukolova
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 17, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Moscow

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

66 kg (145 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

133

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$308,596.75

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	70	2	1	2	2	6	0	20	1	20	9	4	3	US$387,665.50

Previous The Hague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2010	Anastasia Barsuk - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/15-20/2011	Åland Open	27, Q4	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/1-6/2011	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q5	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/25-30/2011	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	26, Q5	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/11-16/2011	Moscow Grand Slam	10	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/4-9/2011	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q4	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/27-7/2/2011	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q5	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	34	17th	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	30, Q6	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	5/17-22/2011	Myslowice Open	23, Q4	17th	120	US$2,800.00

The Hague Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/25/2011	Winner 1	Simone Kuhn / Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland (12)	Lost 20-22, 21-19, 9-15	0:46
Thu, 8/25/2011	Contender 1	Danielle Remmers / Marloes Wesselink, Netherlands (28)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:32
Fri, 8/26/2011	Contender 2	Carol Salgado / Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil (6)	Lost 16-21, 19-21	0:36

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	$36,000.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$4,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	31	1	0	0	1	1	0	7	0	9	7	0	$219,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	26	1	1	1	0	3	0	8	1	8	1	0	$118,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$10,300.00
Total	70	2	1	2	2	6	0	20	1	20	9	0	$387,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ekaterina Birlova												Evgenia Ukolova
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$20,400.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$19,700.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
44	1	0	0	1	2	10	12	9	0	$139,450.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	56	1	0	0	1	2	11	18	13	0	$170,275.00
45	1	1	1	0	4	12	14	4	0	$82,050.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	60	1	1	4	0	5	18	13	8	0	$108,537.50
8	0	0	1	1	1	2	3	0	0	$6,650.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	1	0	$7,850.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	Challenger
106	2	1	3	2	8	27	31	14	0	$252,050.00	Total	133	2	1	5	2	10	34	35	23	0	$308,362.50

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2011	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	2	3	$33,600.00	20	18	52.6 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	2	3	$33,600.00	20	18	52.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ekaterina Birlova													Evgenia Ukolova
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
											2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2008	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	$6,300.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2008	FIVB C&S
5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	$9,450.00	2009	FIVB	12	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	2	5	$21,625.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	3	3	$23,650.00	2010	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	2	3	$19,775.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	2	4	$21,200.00	2011	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	4	$19,200.00
34	0	0	1	0	2	5	9	6	11	$55,800.00	Total	Total	47	0	0	1	0	0	10	9	11	16	$68,900.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	100	61.3%	30	18.4%	33	20.2%	130-33	79.8%	28	21.2%	24	18.2%	80	60.6%	28-104	21.2%	100-80	55.6%	58-57	50.4%	5	0	163-137	54.3%
2010-2011	13	72.2%	5	27.8%	0	0.0%	18-0	100.0%	2	10.0%	5	25.0%	13	65.0%	2-18	10.0%	13-13	50.0%	7-5	58.3%	0	0	20-18	52.6%
Against the Field	17	54.8%	9	29.0%	5	16.1%	26-5	83.9%	9	26.5%	4	11.8%	21	61.8%	9-25	26.5%	34-40	45.9%	36-18	66.7%	1	0	36-29	55.4%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5
World Championships	0	0	0	0	7	5	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	9
World Tour Finals	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	18	5	36	40	0	0	13	17	1	1	0	1	1	0	69	64
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	2	29	16	0	0	19	22	2	1	1	0	1	1	64	47
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	8	3	0	0	5	4	0	2	1	1	0	0	14	10
Total	0	0	23	7	83	69	2	0	40	49	3	4	2	2	2	1	163	137

Head to Head Results
Birlova/Ukolova lead the series against the field 9-8 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
7/15/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Birlova/Ukolova	10	21-17, 21-7	0:29
Trail the series against # 6 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 1-2
8/26/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 2	Salgado/Salgado	6	Birlova/Ukolova	21	21-16, 21-19	0:36
8/18/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 4	Salgado/Salgado	8	Birlova/Ukolova	27, Q4	21-15, 21-17	0:32
6/13/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool J	Birlova/Ukolova	34	Salgado/Salgado	10	21-16, 21-16	0:43
Trail the series against # 8 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-1
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool C	Kessy/Ross	3	Birlova/Ukolova	30, Q6	21-19, 21-11	0:34
Trail the series against # 10 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 0-1
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool C	Kolocova/Slukova	19	Birlova/Ukolova	30, Q6	21-17, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 12 Kuhn/Zumkehr, Switzerland 0-1
8/25/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	12	Birlova/Ukolova	21	22-20, 19-21, 15-9	0:46
Lead the series against # 18 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 1-0
8/18/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 3	Birlova/Ukolova	27, Q4	Hansel/Montagnolli	20	22-20, 14-21, 15-12	0:59
Lead the series against # 19, Q6 Cook/Hinchley, Australia 1-0
7/26/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Birlova/Ukolova	26, Q5	Cook/Hinchley	Q12	14-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:48
Lead the series against # 20, Q4 Van der Hoeven/van der Vlist, Netherlands 1-0
6/7/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Birlova/Ukolova	30, Q6	Van der Hoeven/van der Vlist	Q11	21-19, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 26 Meppelink/van Gestel, Netherlands 1-0
8/18/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 2	Birlova/Ukolova	27, Q4	Meppelink/van Gestel	28, Q9	21-18, 21-8	0:31
Lead the series against # 28 Remmers/Wesselink, Netherlands 1-0
8/25/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 1	Birlova/Ukolova	21	Remmers/Wesselink	28	21-15, 21-14	0:32
Trail the series against # 32, Q5 Maaseide/Torlen, Norway 0-1
7/5/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Maaseide/Torlen	32, Q20	Birlova/Ukolova	Q4	21-17, 21-14	0:29
Lead the series against # Q14 Braakman/Stiekema, Netherlands 1-0
8/16/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Qualifier 3	Birlova/Ukolova	27, Q4	Braakman/Stiekema	Q20	21-19, 21-18	0:32
Series tied with # Q17 Nestarcova/Pridalova, Slovakia 1-1
6/28/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Nestarcova/Pridalova	Q28	Birlova/Ukolova	Q5	21-17, 21-14	0:30
6/7/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Birlova/Ukolova	30, Q6	Nestarcova/Pridalova	Q27	21-15, 21-19	0:33
Lead the series against # Q28 Garcia Gonzalo/Simon, Spain 1-0
8/16/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Qualifier 2	Birlova/Ukolova	27, Q4	Garcia Gonzalo/Simon	Q29	21-12, 21-15	0:31